Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Lesión intraepitelial escamosa de grado bajo
Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion ( SKWAY-mus IN-truh-eh-pih-THEE-lee-ul LEE-zhun)
A condition in which the cells of the uterine cervix are slightly abnormal. Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion is not cancer. Also called LSIL.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.